Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin
Born(1902-12-10)10 December 1902
Białystok, Poland
Died26 September 1968(1968-09-26) (aged 65)
AwardsIsrael Prize
Medical career
Professionphysician
InstitutionsHadassah Hospital
Sub-specialtiesneurology

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin (Hebrew: בן שלמה ליפמן-היילפרין; 10 December 1902 – 26 September 1968) was an Israeli physician and director of the Neurology Department of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

Biography

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin was born in Białystok, Poland, in 1902. He studied medicine in Germany and immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1934. In 1952, Heilprin composed the Hippocratic Oath in Hebrew.

Awards

Heilprin was the first recipient of the Israel Prize for medicine, which was awarded to him in 1953, the inaugural year of the prize.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Museum of Learning
  2. ↑ "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011.